Re: pantethine and muscle ache?

Actually fibromyalgia is considered autoimmune by some classifications. See this link:

http://www.cureautoimmunity.org/Common%20Cause.htm

I have seen others that reference it as well.

Dan

Juhana Harju wrote: 
fresh~horses wrote:
: Don Kirkman wrote:

::: Do you have a cite for this claim of fibromyalgia as an autoimmune
::: disorder?
::
:: Yes, pretty much:
:: [...]
:: I used the wrong technical term; fibromyalgia is not an autoimmune
:: disorder but it is related to immune system problems.  Close enough
:: for laymen?

: Interesting. The last time I heard a guess on this I was covering a
: seminar put on by the university medical school pain management
: clinic. Then, FMS was termed a CNS disorder.

What I have learnt from psychoneuroimmunology is that different bodily systems are closely related to each others. One problem might be neurological and immunological at the same time.

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